Felice Brothers Tour/Album

The Felice Brothers

The Felice Brothers self-titled American debut will be available at brick and mortar retailers and digital stores on March 4. In April, a 180 gram double vinyl version complete with a free download card will hit stores.

The brothers hit the road with the DrDrive-By Truckers all of February kicking off with a stop in Chicago with Sun Volt and a SOLD OUT solo show at the Mercury Lounge on February 1 before winding up at the Langerado Music Festival in the swamps of Florida. The boys will hit dates with Man Man and the North Mississippi Allstars before taking off with Justin Townes Earl and McCarthy Trenching on March 28.

"The next generation of Americana heroes." -Uncut Magazine

"Scruffy and scratched Americana that recalls Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark and early Springsteen." -Time Out London

"The Felice Brothers write epic songs with lofty titles and they wield a massive accordion. All that is reason enough to give them a day in court." -Vice Magazine

In the spring of '07, the Felice Brothers released their first recording Tonight at the Arizona on Loose Records in the U.K. They WOW-ed 'em across the pond playing festivals and gigs throughout the U.K. and Europe with the likes of the Waterboys, Blanche and David Grey. After making their way across America this summer for their first tour, the band hooked up with Bright Eyes for a string of rousing dates on the East Coast culminating in a performance on the venerated stage at Radio City Music Hall. The Felice Brothers also kicked it with Levon Helm for one of his classic Midnight Rambles upstate. Along they way, fans at shows were introduced to The Adventures of the Felice Brothers Vol 1., only available at live dates.

The sound that emerges from their instruments is seeped with an instinctive authenticity that's rooted in tradition. While busking and impromptu subway performances filled their bellies, now their recordings and live performances brings the backwoods to the cities and concert Halls of America and Europe. Starting off '08 on the right foot, the Felice Brothers proudly announce their signing to Team Love Records.

Simone, Ian and James Felice are the three eldest boys from a family of seven, born carpenter's sons in the wilds of New York's Catskill Mountains. Less than a year ago, the Brothers adopted a runaway dice-thrower and chancer, a 19 year old called Christmas. They convinced him to quit his job and the motley quartet forsook all else but song and moved their Sunday BBQ sing-alongs from their dad's upstate house out onto the streets and subways of NYC.

After months of toil, living in a 1987 special education bus, with arrests, and genuine panhandler fun, a free-lance music writer named Gabe Soria (Mojo, Vice) stumbled upon the boys singing and barking their wares at a farmers market in Brooklyn and one thing led to another.

Now the Felice Brothers and blood brother Christmas all live, tour, sing, write and gamble together on their little bus. Their distinct brand of songwriting and the lawless sound they've forged has earned them comparisons to Woodie Guthrie, a young Springsteen to the Scorsese film Gangs of New York. The boys now travel the world performing homegrown and gritty Americana on the city stages as if they were hosting a sing-along on their own front porch surrounded by family and friends or playing the backroom of a dusty tavern.

Tour Dates
01/17/08 Thu House of Blues Chicago, IL (w/ Son Volt)
02/01/08 Fri Mercury Lounge New York, NY
02/02/08 Sat Bridgewater Bar and Grill Kingston, NY
02/07/08 Thu Hi Tone Memphis, TN (w/ Justin Townes Earle)
02/08/08 Fri The Mohawk Austin, TX
02/11/08 Mon House of Blues Anaheim, CA (w/ Drive-By Truckers & NMA)
02/12/08 Tue The Avalon Los Angeles, CA w/ Drive-By Truckers & NMA)
02/13/08 Wed Mezzanine San Francisco, CA (w/ Drive-By Truckers)
02/15/08 Fri Roseland Theater Portland, OR (w/ Drive-By Truckers)
02/16/08 Sat The Showbox Seattle, WA (w/ Drive-By Truckers)
02/17/08 Sun The Showbox Seattle, WA (w/ Drive-By Truckers)
02/19/08 Tue Big Easy Boise, ID (w/ Drive-By Truckers)
02/20/08 Wed Club Paladium Salt Lake City, UT (w/ Drive-By Truckers)
02/21/08 Thu Belly Up Aspen, CO (w/ Drive-By Truckers)
02/22/08 Fri Ogden Theatre Denver, CO (w/ Drive-By Truckers)
02/23/08 Sat Fox Theatre Boulder, CO (w/ Drive-By Truckers)
02/25/08 Mon Slowdown Omaha, NE (w/ Drive-By Truckers)
02/26/08 Tue The Blue Note Columbia, MO (w/ Drive-By Truckers)
02/27/08 Wed Canopy Club Urbana, IL (w/ Drive-By Truckers)
02/28/08 Thu Pabst Theater Milwaukee, WI (w/ Drive-By Truckers)
02/29/08 Fri The Pageant St. Louis, MO (w/ Drive-By Truckers)
03/01/08 Sat Headliner's Louisville, KY (w/ Drive-By Truckers)
03/03/08 Mon Summit City Whitesburg, KY
03/04/08 Tue Garage Winston-Salem, NC
03/05/08 Wed The Soapbox Wilmington, NC
03/06/08 Thu Grey Eagle Asheville, NC (w/ Man Man & The Extraordinaires)
03/07/08 Fri The Village Tavern Mt. Pleasant, SC (w/ Man Man & The Extraordinaires)
03/09/08 Sun Langerado Music Festival Immokalee, FL
03/17/08 Mon Pappy & Harriet's Place Pioneertown, CA (w/ Justin Townes Earle)
03/25/08 Tue Toad's Place New Haven, CT (w/ Drive-By Truckers)
03/28/08 Fri 400 Bar Minneapolis, MN (w/ Justin Townes Earle McCarthy Trenching)
03/29/08 Sat University of Wisconsin Madison, WI (w/ Justin Townes Earle McCarthy Trenching)
03/31/08 Mon Grinnell College Grinnell, IA (w/ Justin Townes Earle McCarthy Trenching)
04/03/08 Thu The Mercy Lounge Nashville, TN (w/ Justin Townes Earle McCarthy Trenching)
04/04/08 Fri BottleTree Birmingham, AL (w/ Justin Townes Earle McCarthy Trenching)
04/05/08 Sat Barley's Taproom Knoxville, TN (w/ Justin Townes Earle McCarthy Trenching)
04/06/08 Sun Eddie's Attic Decatur, GA (w/ Justin Townes Earle McCarthy Trenching)
04/07/08 Mon Berkeley Cafe Raleigh, NC (w/ Justin Townes Earle McCarthy Trenching)
04/08/08 Tue The Boot Norfolk, VA (w/ Justin Townes Earle McCarthy Trenching)
04/10/08 Thu Iota Arlington, VA (w/ Justin Townes Earle McCarthy Trenching)
04/11/08 Fri First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, PA (w/ Justin Townes Earle McCarthy Trenching)
04/12/08 Sat Bowery Ballroom New York, NY (w/ Justin Townes Earle McCarthy Trenching)

The Adventures of the Felice Brothers Vol 1. track list
1. Little Ann
2. Greatest Show On Earth
3. Frankie's Gun! *
4. Goddamn You, Jim
5. Wonderful Life
6. Don't Wake The Scarecrow
7. Take This Bread
8. Saint Stephen's End
9. Love Me Tenderly
10. Ruby Mae *
11. Murder By Mistletoe
12. Whiskey In My Whiskey *
13. Helen Fry *
14. Radio Song *
15. Tip Your Way
* from "The Adventures of the Felice Brothers Vol 1"